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The Archean-Paleoproterozoic Evolution of the Quadrilatero Ferrifero Journal of South American Earth Sciences 68 (2016) 4e21 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of South American Earth Sciences journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jsames The ArcheanePaleoproterozoic evolution of the Quadrilatero Ferrífero (Brasil): Current models and open questions * F. Farina , C. Albert, C. Martínez Dopico, C. Aguilar Gil, H. Moreira, J.P. Hippertt, K. Cutts, F.F. Alkmim, C. Lana Departamento de Geologia, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Morro do Cruzeiro, 35400-000 Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil article info abstract Article history: The Quadrilatero Ferrífero is a metallogenic district (Au, Fe, Mn) located at the southernmost end of the Received 29 June 2015 Sao~ Francisco craton in eastern Brazil. In this region, a supracrustal assemblage composed of Archean Received in revised form greenstone and overlying NeoarcheanePaleoproterozoic sedimentary rocks occur in elongated keels 30 September 2015 bordering domal bodies of Archean gneisses and granites. The tectonomagmatic evolution of the Accepted 27 October 2015 Quadrilatero Ferrífero began in the Paleoarchean with the formation of continental crust between 3500 Available online 3 November 2015 and 3200 Ma. Although this crust is today poorly preserved, its existence is attested to by the occurrence of detrital zircon crystals with Paleoarchean age in the supracrustal rocks. Most of the crystalline Keywords: Quadrilatero Ferrífero basement, which is composed of banded gneisses intruded by leucogranitic dikes and weakly foliated e Archean granites, formed during three major magmatic events: Rio das Velhas I (2920 2850 Ma), Rio das Velhas Paleoproterozoic II (2800e2760 Ma) and Mamona (2760e2680 Ma). The Rio das Velhas II and Mamona events represent a Tectonomagmatic evolution subduction-collision cycle, probably marking the appearance of a modern-style plate tectonic regime in Sao~ Francisco craton the Quadrilatero Ferrífero. Granitic rocks emplaced during the Rio das Velhas I and II events formed by mixing between a magma generated by partial melting of metamafic rocks with an end member derived by recycling gneissic rocks of older continental crust. After deformation and regional metamorphism at ca. 2770 Ma, a change in the composition of the granitic magmas occurred and large volumes of high-K granitoids were generated. The ca. 6000 m-thick Minas Supergroup tracks the opening and closure of a basin during the Neo- archeanePaleoproterozoic, between 2600 and 2000 Ma. The basal sequence involves continental to marine sediments deposited in a passive margin basin and contain as a marker bed the Lake Superior- type Caue^ Banded Iron Formation. The overlying sediments of the Sabara Group mark the inversion of the basin during the Rhyacian Minas accretionary orogeny. This orogeny results from the collision be- tween the nuclei of the present-day Sao~ Francisco and Congo cratons, generated the fold-and thrust belt structure of the Quadrilatero Ferrífero. Afterwards, the post- orogenic collapse resulted in the deposition of the Itacolomi Group and in the genesis of the dome-and-keel structure. In this paper, we review current knowledge about the 1500 Ma long-lasting tectonomagmatic and structural evolution of the Quadrilatero Ferrífero identifying the most compelling open questions and future challenges. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction (“Iron Quadrangle”). This region, which has been an important mining site since the XVII century, represents the most intensively In the mid-twentieth century, the ca. 7000 km2 portion of the studied region of Brazil. Its valuable iron deposits together with its Brazilian highlands south of the city of Belo Horizonte (Fig. 1) puzzling geological complexity have attracted the attention of became well-known under the name of Quadrilatero Ferrífero many scientists over the last century. The goal of the present paper is to provide an up-to-date state of the art about the geology of the Archean crystalline basement and ArcheanePaleoproterozoic metasedimentary sequences forming the Quadrilatero Ferrífero. * Corresponding author. This review, focussed on the Archean and Paleoproterozoic E-mail address: [email protected] (F. Farina). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2015.10.015 0895-9811/© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. F. Farina et al. / Journal of South American Earth Sciences 68 (2016) 4e21 5 Fig. 1. Geological map of the Quadrilatero Ferrífero modified after Alkmim and Marshak (1998). Batholith and pluton abbreviations: C- Caete dome, F- Florestal, M- Mamona, P- Pequi, Sa- Samambaia; SN- Souza-Noschese. Inset: tectonic sketch of the Sao~ Francisco craton showing the location of the bordering Brasiliano orogenic belts as well as of the Paleoproterozoic Mineiro Belt. Abbreviations: G, J, IS and S are the Gaviao,~ Jequie, Itabuna-Salvador-Curaça and Serrinha blocks, respectively. evolution of this portion of the southern Sao~ Francisco craton, is not panning and sluicing in shallow water stream) slowly declined aiming to be exhaustive. Some important topics will not be (Costa et al., 2003). addressed (e.g. the origin of ore deposits) while others will be only In 1810, the mineralogist and geologist Baron Wilhelm Ludwig briefly presented (e.g. the structural evolution). The goal of this von Eschwege arrived to Brazil entrusted by the king Dom Joao~ VI to contribution is to discuss the present-day petrologic and geo- study the ores and the mining activity with the goal of imple- dynamic models proposed for the Quadrilatero, drawing attention menting new mining techniques to increase gold production. The to the main open problems and limitations in an attempt to high- baron made a significant step forward in the description and un- light future challenges and favourable research directions. derstanding of the geology of the Quadrilatero Ferrífero. Eschwege published various books (e.g. Pluto brasiliensis (1833)) in which he outlined the main geological features of the Precambrian terranes 2. Historical background and geographic boundaries of central Brazil proposing a stratigraphic subdivision according to Werner's Neptunism theory. In the sixteenth century, the discovery of large gold and silver In the early nineteenth century, the gold-rich region around deposits in the Spanish colonial possessions in South America Ouro Preto returned to the spotlight because of its iron and man- triggered the Portuguese empire to embark in the exploration of ganese deposits. One century after Eschwege arrived in Brazil, the inland Brazil seeking precious metals. For ca. 100 years the hunt for American geologist Derby published a work titled “The iron ores of payable precious metals proved futile and only in 1646 the first Brazil” that attracted the interest of the mining community to the discovery of small alluvial gold deposit in Brazil was made in the iron and manganese deposits of Minas Gerais. In the mid-twentieth southern state of Parana( Figueiredo, 2011). In 1693, the first gold century, an agreement was set between the Brazilian National placer deposit was found in southeastern Brazil (state of Minas Department of Mineral Production (DNPM) and the U.S. Geological Gerais), close to the city of Ouro Preto (“black gold” in Portuguese). Survey to undergo the first detailed geological study of the region The discovery of many rich gold deposits in the region that is today where the main iron and manganese deposits were located known as the Quadrilatero Ferrífero, revitalized Brazil's economy (Machado, 2009). This agreement and the two decades of work that causing such a stir that, by the end of the century a considerable followed marked the most important step forward in the under- proportion of Brazil population had rushed to the site of the dis- standing of the geology of the Quadrilatero Ferrífero. The outcome covery (Costa et al., 2003). More significantly, as news of the dis- of this joint project was a set of geological maps in the 1:25.000 covery spread to the mother country, thousands of Portuguese scale followed by a stratigraphic column and a report written by the adventurers moved to Brazil at the turn of the eighteenth century: head of the team, John Van N. Dorr II, in which the main geological the first great gold rush had begun. Between 1693 and 1720, the features of the studied region were defined. Dorr and collaborators population of the gold-rich province grew exponentially. Such was coined the term Quadrilatero Ferrífero in 1952 (Machado, 2009)to the growth that half Brazil's entire population was residing in give credit to the abundance of high-grade iron ore deposits in the Minas Gerais in 1725. Gold production increased as the eighteenth region. These authors defined the geographic boundaries of the century advanced, peaking around mid-century and then, due to Quadrilatero producing a detailed 1:150.000 geological map. Oddly, the rudimental mining technique implemented (e.g. mostly 6 F. Farina et al. / Journal of South American Earth Sciences 68 (2016) 4e21 as shown in Fig. 1, the “iron quadrangle” of Dorr and collaborators is three main groups: not a quadrangle but rather a complex polygon, including the Ita- bira mining district. The reason for the use of the term Quadrilatero i) fine-grained banded orthogneisses intruded by (ii) and (iii); proposed by Dorr is historical. In fact, the term was introduced in ii) leucogranites and aplitic/pegmatitic veins and dikes; 1923 by the Brazilian geologist Flores de Moraes Rego to define the iii) medium-to coarse-grained, mostly weakly foliated granites four-sided area comprised between the cities of Belo Horizonte, (sensu lato). Santa Barbara, Congonhas and Mariana (Machado, 2009). Clear geographic features do not delimit the Quadrilatero Ferrífero as The gneisses are characterised by the alternation between leu- defined and mapped by Dorr and collaborators and thus, the term cocratic and mesocratic, or more rarely, melanocratic bands, vary- has been used loosely to describe the geology of areas that are not ing in width from 2 mm to up to 10 cm and defining a penetrative part of the original map of the Quadrilatero.
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